Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: Top 10 quotes from PM Modi’s speech

The intensity in the politically charged Gujarat reached a new level on November 27 as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a campaign rally for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bhuj and Jasdan in Gujarat. Modi blasted the Congress Party for accusing him of corruption. In his own fashion of responding to criticism, Narendra Modi said,“I am grateful for all the ‘kichad’ being thrown at me, after all, a lotus blooms only in ‘kichad’ so, I don’t mind if more is thrown at me.” Modi also repeated that he wants to take India to new heights of glory. While taking the Congress Party head on over demonetisation, Modi said that he will not allow the nation to be looted. Later in the day, Modi held another rally in Rajkot's Jasdan. Here, while addressing the people, he again lashed out at the Congress's dislike of his humble beginnings and said that he used to sell tea but 'never sold the nation'.
Here are the top 10 talking points of Narendra Modi's speech in Gujarat:

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“Kutch is one such region which has Pakistan on one side and a wide desert on the other. Nobody thought if there could be any development in this region, but we brought a tributary to this region. Development and tourism followed. People from the nation are coming here to enjoy the Rann Utsav. The development work in Kutch after the 2001 quake is for all to see,” PM Modi said while praising the Kutch regions development despite it being struck by an Earthquake. (ANI)

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"We are not here for power, we are here for 125 crore Indians. We want to make sure that India reaches new heights of glory," said PM Modi in Bhuj. (ANI)

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"Congress Party is unhappy about demonetisation. They keep attacking me but I want to tell them that I have grown up on the same land as Sardar Patel. I will ensure that the poor get their due. We will not allow this nation to be looted," said PM Modi in Bhuj. (ANI)

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"India was attacked on 26/11 & in Uri. You can see how India responded in wake of both attacks. This explains the difference between their Government and ours," said PM Narendra Modi in Bhuj. (ANI)

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"I was asked why don't you name Nehru in your speeches, So I asked Congress leaders to give me in writing the names of their own party Presidents, but they don't remember the ones like Bose & Kamraj when they don't remember names of their own how'll they understand Gujarat," said Narendra Modi in Bhuj. (ANI)

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Gujarat is my soul & mother, my relationship with you is that of equality since you call me brother: PM Narendra Modi in Bhuj. (ANI)

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"Many officials do not want to get posted to Kutch region as the water here was black in colour. The Congress Party did not allow water from Narmada river to come to the Kutch region. Imagine if the Narmada waters had come to Kutch 30 years earlier? It would have made such a big difference," PM Modi said in Kutch rally. (ANI)

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The solution to all problems is development. Development has to be continuous. We want to work even more for the people of Gujarat: PM Modi. (ANI)

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"The Congress dislikes me because of my poor origins. Can a party stoop so low? Yes, a person belonging to a poor family has become PM. They do not fail to hide their contempt for this fact. Yes, I sold tea but I did not sell the nation," PM Narendra Modi in Jasdan. (ANI)

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"There was a person who led a life of discipline on Mahatma Gandhi's ideals, a disciplined & hardworking son of the soil just like Sardar Patel but he had the same 'flaw' of being a Gujarati, so he was not allowed to stay in national politics by them (Congress)," PM Modi said while talking about former Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel. (ANI)